Tom Mullaney, author of the Sustainable Teaching website, posted recently about why they just might be worth trying. From his perspective, this "quiz" is not meant to be a summative assessment. I would argue that it is not even a formative assessment since the teacher doesn't gain much feedback regarding student learning through it. The students receive immediate feedback, however. Thus, it is a non-assessing quiz (if that is possible).
So what exactly is it if it is not an assessment? An impossible to fail quiz is a learning tool, it provides students with immediate feedback, and it is in fact quite impossible to fail. It is a digital quiz that customizes the next step based upon correct and incorrect answers. If the student responds correctly, the student moves on to the next question. If the student responds incorrectly, the student is instructed to view a video reviewing that particular concept. Then the student tries the missed question a second time. When the student correctly answers the question, the student then proceeds to the next one. (Try/view an impossible to fail quiz here.)
Clearly, it is not an assessment because every student should (in theory) earn a perfect score by the end of the quiz. The purpose lies not in assessing student knowledge but in giving students an opportunity to test their knowledge and practice as needed. (How in-depth the practice goes depends upon the teacher creating the impossible to fail quiz.) In theory, each student will eventually correctly answer each question because he/she either knew the material or learned the material through the review videos.
Think you might be interested in giving one a go in your room? Mullaney posted a very thorough tutorial on how to create an impossible to fail quiz using Google Forms. If you give the impossible to fail quiz a try, I'd love to hear about your experience!
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